my wife's bday is coming up and she wants a smart watch that she can track her activities and play music through bluetooth to her headphones...she has an iphone...the apple watch is so expensive; i am willing to get it if its the absolute best, but are there other solid options?
garmin, fitbit, amazfit, etc?
thanks in advance.
it might, she's never had one before, so a test run may not be a bad idea, plus we dont go crazy on bday gifts.
I liked the apple watch. it was great with notifications and texts, etc. I didn't think it was great for activity tracking, especially starting actual exercise to be tracked by an app. Too many taps to get to the app. It was hard to navigate the user interface with tons of little icons to sort thru to find what you're looking for. Another negative, it needed to be charged each night. It was a great device otherwise, beautiful and well made.
I switched to the fitbit versa, which does far fewer things but does them really well. It's great for activity tracking (fitbit, after all). Doesn't have a builtin GPS but I don't really care about that for running. It does the music to bluetooth thing - it is not super easy to transfer music from itunes, fyi. Really easy to navigate. Has phone, text, calendar notifications that are good, if not as good as iphone. I charge it twice a week and because i don't have to charge it every night, I use it for sleep tracking. Doesn't do NFC payments, but I don't care for that. Not as pretty a device but still nice. Much lighter on the wrist.
The new apple watch is waterproof too, as is Versa. They're both really good devices, IMO. I'm happy with the versa mostly for activity tracking, charging and sleep tracking purposes.
Just go for it. Why buy a lesser version and then have to rebuy the apple watch again
I liked the apple watch. it was great with notifications and texts, etc. I didn't think it was great for activity tracking, especially starting actual exercise to be tracked by an app. Too many taps to get to the app. It was hard to navigate the user interface with tons of little icons to sort thru to find what you're looking for. Another negative, it needed to be charged each night. It was a great device otherwise, beautiful and well made.
I switched to the fitbit versa, which does far fewer things but does them really well. It's great for activity tracking (fitbit, after all). Doesn't have a builtin GPS but I don't really care about that for running. It does the music to bluetooth thing - it is not super easy to transfer music from itunes, fyi. Really easy to navigate. Has phone, text, calendar notifications that are good, if not as good as iphone. I charge it twice a week and because i don't have to charge it every night, I use it for sleep tracking. Doesn't do NFC payments, but I don't care for that. Not as pretty a device but still nice. Much lighter on the wrist.
The new apple watch is waterproof too, as is Versa. They're both really good devices, IMO. I'm happy with the versa mostly for activity tracking, charging and sleep tracking purposes.
This is a more thorough analysis of my point above. Fitbit - less features but does what it does better. Apple Watch - does more but is not as good in the areas of overlap
Its great for fitness tracking. Great for running. The old model was great for golf and I suspect this one will be too. Built in HR monitor (though most have that now). The Garmin phone app is great too. I had a 20% off coupon on ebay and got it for $240 with an extended warranty.
That being said, I'm going to bet that your wife will appreciate/like the apple watch more.
My iPhone armband is really cumbersome for running, and it would be awesome to be able to have music on my wrist.
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/612476
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Where's the best place to get deals on Apple Watches? Surely not directly from Apple...
You can also store music on the Versa, that Garmin watch is not the first to have that feature although I have heard good things about them.
But it is buggy at times w syncing to cellular after Bluetooth. And it’s not cheap and you have a $10 Monthly fee.
But the fitness tracker is great for biking running and walking. And it runs smoothly w an iPhone for that.
I am curious about non Apple watches too. I say in 5 years there will be better options.
I'd go in a different direction that a Fitbit device.
The only way it will do that is if you buy her best watch, even if it means that you are over-paying for what you get. Every once in a while you have to be extravagant to get your point across (if you get my drift).
You can exercise economy when you buy a new washer/dryer combination, not an item that she will be wearing and showing her friends.